Peerless delicacies.
Sweet wine that went down smooth.
And an entire pre-dawn binge of television dramas.
When Jiang Han woke up, Longsleep Meows were already piled all around her, snoring, "Meow! Awoo, awoo, awoo..."
She was surrounded by warm, fluffy cat tails.
Jiang Han sat up, glanced at the Cat Lamp Nest that had finally begun to look crowded, yawned, and comfortably made use of her giant-cat ability, nearly liquefying as she slipped out.
After using the toilet and heading to the bathroom to wash up and clean herself, Jiang Han went downstairs to the hall, leisurely preparing to have a late lunch.
Today, she intended to use one of her paid days off. Staying up late really sapped one's enthusiasm for work—especially when she had only watched half the drama and was dying to know what happened next. She wanted to know whether Anna Qiao, the land-dweller played by Miss Mei Ying, would have any good scenes! Given the drama's length, she apparently had no choice but to take paid leave if she wanted to finish it.
She edited her leave-request email on her phone, copied it, and sent it straight to the Witch House, as well as the Squirrel Society cabaret she had originally planned to attend today.
The former was holding a promotional event today, and Jiang Han did not want to hop around in a bunny-girl outfit... She was a meow-awoo, after all!
As for the latter, she had not wanted to go in the first place. She did not particularly enjoy being treated like a "doll"—passed around as a "photographic decoration." Cat witches were always photogenic, and with their cat ears and often fluffy hair, they also made the witches beside them look especially caring.
Witches liked caring witches—specifically, witches who cared about witches